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*Ophicephalus argus. O. dorso lateribusque virldi-brunnescenti- 

 bus, abdomine albo-rufescenti, ocellis crebris nigris lateralibus, supra 

 lineam lateralem albo-marginatis ; pinnis tiavis, nigro-maculatis. 

 D. 49 ; C. 14 ; A. 33 ; V. 1 + 5 ; P. 16 ; Br. 5. 



Habitat. Streamlets, estuaries. 



Brownish green back and sides, reddish white abdomen. Nume- 

 rous black ocellated spots edged with white above the lateral line ; 

 fins yeUow, spotted with black. 



Mugil cephalotus, Cuv. 

 Habitat. Estuaries and sea. 



GOBIOIDES. 



*Periophthalmus modestus. P. brunneus, cinereo marmoratus ; 

 abdomine albo-cserulescenti, alis pallide flavis ; dorsali anteriori fas- 

 ciis nigris duabus omata ; radiis alarum nigro-punctatis. 



D. 15 + 112; C. 13; A. 1 + 11 ; V. 1 + 5 ; P. 11 ; Br. 2. 



Habitat. Along the coasts and banks of canals. 



Brownish marbled with gray, minutely spotted with black. Ab- 

 domen bluish white. Fins faint yellow. The first dorsal with two 

 black bands, the second with a black band and the rays with black 

 spots. The caudal, ventral and pectoral with similar spot-s. 



*Eleotris flammans. E. superne violaceo -brunneus ; ala dorsali 

 anteriori fasciis tribus undulatis violaceis, flammeo-marglnata; pos- 

 teriore fasciis undulatis quatuor nigris, radiis alarum aurantiacis, 

 apicibus nonnullis flammeis, aliis nigris ; ala caudali violaceo-canes- 

 centi, fasciis tribus cseruleis, radiorum flavorura apicibus flavis ; ala 

 anali aurantiaca, fasciis quinque nigris undulatis, radiorum brunne- 

 orum apicibus nigris; alis ventralibus pectoralibusque pallide violaceis, 

 radiorum flavorum apicibus nigris. 



D. 6 + MO ; C. 15 ; A. 1 + 9 ; V. 1 -f- 5 ; P. 18 ; Br. 6. 



Habitat. Canals, estuaries. 



Dark lilac brown above ; the dorsal fins with orange spines and 

 rays, the anterior with three waved lilac bands and with flame- 

 coloured margin ; the second with four waved black bands ; the ex- 

 tremities of the rays partly black, partly flame-coloured. The caudal 

 grayish lilac, with three blackish blue arched bands ; rays yellow, 

 with black extremities. Anal orange-coloured, with five waved 

 black bands ; brown rays with black extremities ; the pectorals with 

 five arched black dotted lines. 



Malacopterygii. 



Cyprinidae. 



*Cyprinus gibelioides. C. supra viridi-nigrescens, scutis lateralibus 



majoribus argenteo-viridibus, viridi-nigrescenti marginatis, squamis 



infra lineam lateralem argenteis obliteratis ; pinnarum radiis flavis, 



apicibus nigris. 



D. 2 -h 18 ; C. 19 ; A. 2 + 5 ; V. 9 ; P. 15 ; Br. 3. 

 Habitat. Streamlets, canals, estuaries. 



